Michael Bey

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Michael Bey (born November 24, 1876 ; † 1947 ) was a German politician ( KPD , SED ) and resistance fighter against National Socialism . He was the first mayor of Ströbitz after the Second World War .

Life

Michael Bey was a trained cloth maker. In 1923 he founded the Ströbitzer local group of the KPD together with Georg Dix . After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , leading members of the Cottbus KPD were arrested at the end of March 1933 , including Georg Dix. Then Michael Bey became part of the party leadership. He was appointed political leader and group leader for Ströbitz. During this time, the members of the now banned KPD were busy distributing leaflets and Die Rote Fahne . In June and July 1933, other members of the Cottbus KPD were arrested. Besides Michael Bey, Helene Kirsch and Max Döring were among them . The trial against Bey and 24 other party members took place between April 10 and 12, 1934, in the courtroom of the Cottbus regional court . In the indictment they were accused of "having within the country, particularly in Cottbus and the surrounding area in the period from March to July 1933 jointly and continue to change the treasonable enterprise, the Constitution of the German Reich by force, prepared." . Bey was a leading member to two years' imprisonment convicted. With the exception of two co-defendants, who were acquitted for lack of evidence, all other defendants received prison or penal sentences of at least one year. Bey had to serve his sentence in the Brandenburg-Görden prison. During this time, the illegal activities of the banned KPD in Cottbus were continued by the resistance group around Willy Jannasch . However, this was also smashed in 1936. After his release, Bey kept in touch with former members of the KPD.

After Cottbus was liberated by the Red Army , Bey was appointed mayor of Ströbitz by the local command. In this function he worked closely with Max Döring, who had been appointed mayor of Cottbus. After the forced unification of the SPD and KPD to form the SED in 1946, Bey founded the SED local group Ströbitz, of which he also became chairman. Michael Bey died a year later.

Honors

Monument to Michael Bey in Ewald-Müller-Strasse in Cottbus

In the Sandow district of Cottbus , a street was named after Michael Bey. This was renamed in 1993 . One part was dedicated to Georg Schlesinger , the other to Heinrich Albrecht .

In addition, there has been a monument in honor of Bey in today's Ewald-Müller-Strasse since 1976. This bears the inscription "Honoring memory of Michael Bey / 1876 to 1947 / founder of the local group of the KPD Ströbitz 1923 / anti-fascist resistance fighter / against exploitation, fascism and war / imprisoned, persecuted and convicted / 1946 founder and chairman of the SED / and mayor of Ströbitz " .

In the state railway repair shop in Cottbus , which was located in Ströbitz, a brigade was named after Bey.

literature

  • Otto Rückert : On the history of the first Cottbus communist trial . Committee of the Antifascist Resistance Fighters of the German Democratic Republic, District Committee Cottbus City and Country, Cottbus.
  • R. Schirmer: Meeting with Michael Bey . In: Supplement to the Lausitzer Rundschau , February 19, 1988.
  • Walter Schulz: After the liberation, Mayor of Ströbitz: On the 70th anniversary of the death of the communist Michael Bey . In: Cottbuser Herzblatt April 2007, p. 15 ( online , accessed December 8, 2017).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Rückert, p. 27.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f See Schulz 2007
  3. ↑ a b c d Regina Scheer : Dealing with the monuments. A research in Brandenburg. Brandenburg State Center for Political Education and Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg , 2003, p. 130 , archived from the original on December 2, 2007 ; accessed on December 8, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Ernst-Otto Roeber, Erna Roeber, Walter Hanig, Otto Last: Willy Jannasch and comrades. The KPD's anti-fascist resistance struggle in Cottbus from 1934 to 1936 . Committee of the Antifascist Resistance Fighters of the German Democratic Republic, District Committee Cottbus-City and -Land, Cottbus 1985, p. 38 f.
  5. ↑ See Rückert, p. 14 f.
  6. ↑ a b See Rückert, p. 19 f.
  7. ↑ a b c See Rückert, p. 22 ff.
  8. ↑ a b See Rückert, p. 29 ff.
  9. ↑ Ernst-Otto Roeber, Erna Roeber, Walter Hanig, Otto Last: Willy Jannasch and Comrades - The anti-fascist resistance struggle of the KPD in Cottbus from 1934 to 1936 . Committee of the Anti-Fascist Resistance Fighters of the German Democratic Republic, District Committee Cottbus-City and -Land, Cottbus 1985, p. 12 ff.
  10. ↑ Ernst-Otto Roeber, Erna Roeber, Walter Hanig, Otto Last: Willy Jannasch and Comrades - The anti-fascist resistance struggle of the KPD in Cottbus from 1934 to 1936 . Committee of the Anti-Fascist Resistance Fighters of the German Democratic Republic, District Committee Cottbus-City and -Land, Cottbus 1985, p. 22 ff.
  11. ↑ Georg Schlesinger. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . February 27, 2010, accessed December 8, 2017 .
  12. ^ Heinrich-Albrecht-Strasse. In: Meine eG Wohnen 1/14. 2014, accessed December 1, 2017 .
  13. ^ Hajo Schulze: Spartakiade Initiatives: The master from Ströbitz got the ball rolling. In: The new football week issue 27/83. July 5, 1983, p. 16 , accessed December 8, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Bey, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politicians and resistance fighters against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1876
DATE OF DEATH 1947